2 John

Great^{(i) 1} The elder to the electe lady and her children, whom I loue in the trueth: and not I onely, but also all that haue knowen the trueth ² for the truthes sake whych dwelleth in vs, and shalbe in vs for euer. ³ With vs shall be grace, mercye, & peace from God the father & from the lord Iesus Christ the sonne of the father, in trueth & loue. ⁴ I reioysed greatly, that I founde of thy children walkinge in trueth, as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father. ⁵ And now beseche I the lady, not as though I wrote a new commaundement vnto the, but that same which we haue had from the beginnynge, that we shuld loue one another. ⁶ And this is the loue, that we shulde walke after hys commaundement. This commaundement is (that as ye haue hearde from the beginnynge) ye shuld walke in it. ⁷ For many deceauers are entred into the worlde, whych confesse not that Iesus Christ is come in the fleshe. This is a deceauer and an Antichrist. ⁸ Loke on your selues that we loose not that we haue wrought: but that we maye haue ful rewarde. ⁹ Whosoeuer transgresseth & bydeth not in the doctryne of Christ, hath not God. He that endureth in the doctrine of Christ, hath both the father & the sonne. ¹⁰ If ther come eny vnto you, & bringe not this learninge, him receaue not to house: nether byd him God spede. ¹¹ For he that byddeth him God spede, is partaker of hys euyl dedes. ¹² I had many thynges to wryte vnto you, neuerthelesse I wolde not wryte wt paper and ynke: but I trust to come vnto you, & speake wt you mouth to mouth, that oure ioye maye be full: ¹³ the sonnes of thy electe sister grete the. Amen.